{"id":385474,"date":"2025-08-30T17:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/385474\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T17:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T17:27:14","slug":"massive-shark-with-bite-marks-washes-up-on-mallorca-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/385474\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive shark with bite marks washes up on Mallorca beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beachgoers at Can Pere Antoni beach in Palma were left stunned on Friday when <strong>a massive shark washed up on the shore<\/strong> \u2014 already dead. The discovery quickly drew a crowd who rushed to see the creature up close.<\/p>\n<p>Snaps shared online show the <strong>shark\u2019s body bearing a huge bite mark<\/strong>, fuelling speculation it may have been attacked by an even bigger predator. Some couldn\u2019t resist posing for selfies with the carcass before officials moved in.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nk.santi23\/video\/7544098378225880342\" data-video-id=\"7544098378225880342\"><p>&#13;<br \/>\n<a title=\"@nk.santi23\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@nk.santi23?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nk.santi23<\/a> <a title=\"mallorca\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/mallorca?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#mallorca<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"tiburon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/tiburon?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#tiburon<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c Jet2 Advert - \u2708\ufe0fA7-BBH | MAN \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Jet2-Advert-7398162320411429664?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Jet2 Advert &#8211; \u2708\ufe0fA7-BBH | MAN \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7<\/a>&#13;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <strong>tide is thought to have carried the remains onto the beach,<\/strong> turning a quiet afternoon into an unexpected spectacle. Swimmers and tourists said they\u2019d never been so close to such a fearsome animal.<\/p>\n<p>The shock find has reignited debate about sharks in Balearic waters. Just weeks ago, experts unveiled plans to <strong>step up protection for sharks and rays<\/strong> around the islands, warning that many species are in decline.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals call for <strong>tighter controls on fishing and measures to protect fragile marine habitats.<\/strong> Officials say the goal is to keep the ecosystem in balance \u2014 and make sure future encounters with sharks don\u2019t just happen when they wash up dead.<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beachgoers at Can Pere Antoni beach in Palma were left stunned on Friday when a massive shark washed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385475,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3847],"tags":[133736,2843,133737,133738,133739,70,133740,133741,133742,16,15,1717],"class_list":{"0":"post-385474","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-balearics-sharks","9":"tag-latest-headlines","10":"tag-majorca-shark","11":"tag-mallorca-shark","12":"tag-mallorca-sharks","13":"tag-science","14":"tag-sharks-stingrays-protection-plan","15":"tag-sharks-in-mallorca","16":"tag-spain-sharks","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115118895879152945","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}